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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

January Deals and FOUR Giveaways!

Well, it's a brand new month and a brand new year, and I'm super excited to fill you in on the latest happenings at some of my very favorite shops! This post also includes four different giveaways, so read on to find out how to enter!

I always love kicking off a post with a giveaway, and this one from the Fat Quarter Shop is super awesome- a fat quarter bundle of Kate Spain's new line, Early Bird! This collection is so new, it's not even shipping just yet, so the lucky winner will be one of the very first to receive it!

I also want to call your attention to a couple of other fun things happening at FQS right now. At the beginning of every month, I make a point to check out their Basic of the Month, which is at a special 20% off price for the entire month. Even if you've vowed to use up your stash this year, basics are always a necessity for helping every project come together. This month's basic is Moda's Concrete Basics line, a great tonal basic that has a similar feel to the Grunge Basics.

If you're looking to expand your horizons into a neat new shape, Fat Quarter Shop also has a new set of orange peel templates, with an array of fun, new patterns to put them to good use.

Over at Shabby Fabrics, they're beginning a brand new year of their fun pillow club, A Year in Words. For me, decorating my entire house for each new season just doesn't happen, but I enjoy a little touch here and there. These fun pillows are perfect! The shapes are laser cut and pre-fused, so all you have to do is iron in place, and sew around to create a perfect appliqué.

Over at LouLou's Fabric Shop, so much awesomeness is going on! They are continuing their HUGE Year-End sale, with literally hundreds of fabrics marked down to $6.00/yard, and great prices on some precuts as well, with no coupon necessary.

If a special, full-priced collection has really struck your fancy, LouLou's has generously offered my readers 15% off all full priced fabrics with the code quilt. I have my eye on the new Acreage collection!

LouLou's is also sponsoring the second giveaway of the day- a $25 gift certificate to spend however you choose!

Fort Worth Fabric Studio is another shop that offers amazing fabrics at fantastic prices. Right now, the Dear Stella collection is only $5.55 per yard through January 21st!

One of my very favorite features of shopping at FWFS is checking out their expertly curated bundles. Each week, they mix fabrics from different collections for a unique, perfectly coordinated bundle. The color combinations, as well as the prices are hard to pass up! Fort Worth Fabric Studio is generously providing one of their Love Is In the Air bundles as a giveaway this month!

*Due to shipping costs, this giveaway is only open to US residents.

The start of a new year is the time that many quilters not only make some life resolutions, but some quilty ones as well. If you've promised yourself that you'll do a better job of labeling your quilts, then let Finer Ribbon help you! I absolutely LOVE my labels, and they are quick and easy to add to all of my projects.

I have used my full color labels for well over a year, and the quality is top-notch. At just over $100 (US) per spool, they may seem pricey, but each spool contains 1000 labels, which works out to about ten cents per label. Ordering a spool means that you won't even have to think about labels again for a LONG time!

If you want to order, there are acouple of important points to consider-

*My labels are 2 1/4 inches wide. You'll have to choose your width in the drop-down menu.*My labels are printed from side to side, rather than running the length of the ribbon. I think it works perfectly for quilts, but I have also sewn them to mug rugs, pillows, etc., and I still like this size.

Finer Ribbon will work with you to design your labels, so you don't need to be afraid of the process. They will send you a full-scale, printable proof so that you can print, cut, fold and make absolutely sure that your labels are exactly what you want. Best of all, they are super patient during the process. I had two or three different proofs before I approved my labels, and the Finer Ribbon team was so friendly from beginning to end!

And finally, there are always great things going on at Lady Belle Fabrics. Did you know that their sale bundles, like this Gooseberry bundle, are always 30% off? You can check out all of these awesome sale bundles HERE.

Right now, in addition to 30% off of tons of great bundles, Lady Belle is offering free shipping with the code freeship.

Lady Belle is also sponsoring the final giveaway of the day! They are offering a $25 gift certificate to spend however you choose. If you're looking for a brand new, sweet collection to help you spend it, Lady Belle has Heather Ross' new collection, Sleeping Porch!

Wow, so many great happenings at so many wonderful shops! Even though I've promised myself to bust my stash this year, I've always got a little room in my cabinet for some fabric love found on sale!

Time to enter these four fantastic giveaways. Just leave a single comment on this post to let me know if you've made any quilty resolutions this year, or you can just tell me what you have on your wish list! Since one of the giveaways is only open to US residents, in your comment, please let me know if you live outside of the US (don't worry, though- you're still eligible for the other three!). That will help me out when I draw the winners!

Remember to leave an email address if you're a no-reply blogger, and only one entry per person please! Unfortunately, replies to your own comment counts as an entry (the system numbers those, too), so remember to put your email address in your comment. Additional replies/comments/entries are always deleted. I'll announce the winners at NEXT week's NTT (January 25th).

This giveaway is now closed. Thanks so much to all who entered! I'll announce the winners at this evening's NTT post! :)

wow, you're starting the year off with a bang! Can I say that I love Kate Spain fabrics - have been snowbound for over a week now and have been playing with scraps. Have never made a true scrap quilt - am getting geared up to do so. Taking baby steps, I find myself still putting fabric lines together.

My resolution this year is to make some smaller projects. Especially to use up some of my stash that isn't working for large quilts. I have so many one yard cuts that just don't go with anything else. I hope to use these to make room for new, fun fabrics.

My quilty resolution for this year is to follow the one I made last year - which is to quilt without guilt. I can start as many new projects as I want, and work on whatever project is calling me the most at any particular time.

My quilty resolution this year is use some of the patterns I've collected over the last five years. For instance, I want to make a Swoon, make a quilt from Sunday Morning Quilts and make another baby quilt from the Fat Quarter Baby Book.

Quilting resolutions - I will finish up my Vintage Fabric quilt this month, start on my son's quilt and have the summer sunflower quilt in the queue.Thank you for hosting such a fun giveaway! tvonzalez at gmail dot comhttp://thriftshopcommando.blogspot.com

Like so many others, I've set goals for myself to achieve. Nothing so hard, tried and true but achievements to better myself in a couple of ways. a) I want to learn the blogging world, stretch beyond my comfort level and acquire new skills with the technology. And much like many of my quilty friends, I would like to keep a journal to log my quilts and keep myself to a more strict schedule with them, not allowing them to be a lingering project! I so much more enjoy a completed quilt that just scraps laying around. anitalynette(dot)simmons(at)yahoo.com & http://quiltlovefordomesticfelicity.blogspot.com/

I am resolved to work from my stash as much as possible this year. Of course, there will still be basics, backings, and bindingsnto consider. . . Thanks for the chance to win some great stuff! I live in the USA. cotten.gloria@gmail.com

USA here - I think the main thing I want to do this year is work more with wool applique just because it is something different that I haven't done much of. I also need to work more with my stash and get it under control. Thanks for the chance to win

I only have one quilty goal for this year, and that is to try new-to-me batting choices - I have a wool batting on the current quilt, and plan to try bamboo too. Thanks for the chance to win some really fantastic prizes!

Awesome giveaways!! I've joined 3 other fabric hoarders in a "Buy no New Fabric" challenge this year which is pushing us to finish our UFO's as well as find patterns to use our stash. $40 gift certificate from our LQS goes to the last one standing! So, winning fabric won't count against me in the challenge. :-)

All great giveaways. my quilt resolutions include to make a New York Beauty quilt. Whoo, that may be above my abilities, lol. I would love to win any fabric, though, as it is all high quality and pretty. Near the top of my blog's left sidebar is an old phone image Email Me that goes directly to my contact form. Thank you :)

Such generous companies! I failed at my resolutions last year, so I decided not to make any this year--no pressure that way...I would like to add to my Bonnie and Camille collection and be brave enough to start using more if it!

My resolution this year is to try and use less prints in a block. In the past I have been obsessed with adding color and prints to a quilt, only to realize that the end product is waaaayyyy too busy. So far, I am learning quite a bit with using less and loving the results. The giveaways are awesome btw.

Wow! What a great way to start the new year. Thank you for the opportunity. I'm trying to use up some of the fabric and kits I have stuffed in the closet. Out of sight, out of mind. It's amazing what I found that I'd forgotten. I live in the US.

I have two major goals this year: To finally set up my sewing studio properly (it was formerly a basement storage room that still contains some old junk), and to learn paper piecing. Thank you for this opportunity! (I live in the US.)

Thanks for all the eye candy! My quilty resolution is to teach my retired brother-in-law how to quilt. He is a former graphic designer and has a house with a beautiful empty basement. I think I have convinced him that he has the time, the talent, and the space. Now I hope he also has the interest after our first few lessons.

My quilting resolution this year is tied to my word of the year "focus." I'm focusing on finishing and on taking a more focused approach. I may never work on just one project at a time bit less than 10 might be good! Lol bethastrand@gmail.com the snow in Oregon had me off to a good start!

My resolution this year is to work through my WIP pile. I'm sure some baby quilts will be made as well during the year. Always nice to have those on hand :) Thanks for a chance at the giveaway. I live in Canada.

My resolution this year is to make some quilts (or at least one!) that is outside my comfort zone - perhaps try a new technique. Oh, and also to have a go at free motion quilting - so scary. I'm in the UK.

This year's resolution is to be better at finishing. I have chosen 12 projects to finish this year and will try again to work within my stash for anything new that gets added to the master project list.

My resolution is to get more of my quilt tops done! So far I've started 3 new quilts! Lol! There is just so much online inspiration that one thing lead to another....... can you say squirrel? Lol! Oh yea... cakilliany@hotmail.com

Hi, Kelly - you have a lot of amazing sponsors. I've shopped with most of them! One of my quilty resolutions this year is to take time to respond to the blog posts that I read daily. This past year I was v-e-r-y busy and didn't always do that, but it takes so much time to put a post together, that I think bloggers deserve to know someone is reading! I've also made a list of my in-house projects, most of which don't have backings to go with them. So I'm on the search for backings. And time to make the projects!

I have two resolutions this year. Number one is to finish up about a dozen projects/kits before I buy more beautiful fabric. However, blender, background, and backing fabrics are always needed. :) Besides, who doesn't need a little inspiration from a beautiful new fat quarter bundle? Maybe motivation to get the others done? I live in Canada, atveenema@gmail.com

Super generous giveaways from your sponsors! I've shopped with many of them. No major resolution - get organized and realistic with my fabric would probably be first on the list though. I have a very tiny room to work in and it's buried right now after my holiday gift sewing. Time to renew that space! Thanks for the chance to win ;c) shopgirl 7232 @ yahoo dot com

Such beautiful fabrics! I'm getting to spend a lot of time sewing right now, and loving it. My main goals for the year include a quilt for a grandson who arrives in May, finish a quilt I've been making for our own bed, and make 2 QOV's. I'd really like to have something unique for our guild quilt show in October. crzyquilter56@yahoo.com

Hey Kelly! I have shopped at almost all the shops you listed!! My main quilty resolution is to practice machine quilting! I have taken many classes and just need to practice to get more proficient!! I'd like to get a few more UFOs done too!!! Thanks!!! cathy.melancon@sbcglobal.net

I have four quilt tops to finish this year! As a beginner quilter, my goal is to prectice, practice my FMQ - hopefully by Christmas this year I will gather the confidence to finish them to give as gifts! So looking forward to it! Thank you, Susan in Mississippi spierssusan52@gmail.com

What awesome giveaways! My goal this year is to finish several lingering projects and keeping to a budget while building my stash.😬Thank you so much for the chance to win one of these giveaways.(joannabcaldwell@bellsouth.net)

What generous sponsors you have! My main goal this year is an I Spy quilt for my grandson. Beyond that, knocking off a few UFOs and keeping current with my quilting guild. Live in Canada, but have a US shipping address.basaran.family@rogers.com

Resolved to partake in only 3 on line quilt alongs...that way I'm on task and each is staggered by the week each month so I'm no overwhelmed trying to whip out 3 in a week. Can't wait for your book Kelly!

US how fun, I always have extra room in my stash area, LOL. Last year I did not set quilty goals, I just did. Wow, I wound up stressing myself out. Not this year. I have set goals and made plans for each. So far the only wrench thrown in is, I have just found out I will be a great aunt in June, so a baby quilt is in order :)

I have resolved this year to buy as little as possible. I am aiming for scrappy quilts that challenge my colour choices or to use up collections I have put away for 'one day' :)Thanks for the chance to enter, I am in Australia - G'day mate! ;) <3

Thirty years ago I took a Sampler quilting class. All the work I've done is by hand. I have 11 of the 12 blocks completed but packed them away because I was "afraid" of the applique work.I have now retired and am determined to complete that #12 block.I am recently retired and have decided this is the year for handmade gifts....quilted ones. I am reading your posts and choosing quilting and sewing projects you suggest. I am so new to this that my stash consists of only one set of black and white print fat quarters I purchased for an altered art club I was in a few years ago. We each did a crazy quilt square and then each took one anothet's home each month and "altered" the square. I am so ready to purchase some of the fabrics you have shone for some mug rugs I am wanting to make. Hopefully I will one of your drawings!!!!

My resolution is to use my fabrics, and not buy new pieces. That being said, I can WIN new fabric, because it's not BUYING! If I am a no reply blogger, my email address is momacita22@yahoo.com.Thanks for the chance at these wonderful prizes!

I made a list of 24 UFO's to finish this year. I promised myself that if I didn't finish them this year, I'd pass them along for a clean slate in 2018! So far, I've made some progress, but I keep getting distracted by shiny new projects. Thanks to the sponsors of this giveaway--wonderful prizes!

My biggest resolution is to get organized. I started a list of my wip and what stage they're at and when I want to have them completed. I can't buy anything not directly related to those wip until they're done! We'll see if it helps!

I am resolved to finish the quilt for my oldest grandchild who will be graduating from the University of Alabama and to make a wall quilt and throw for her sister who is a junior at Murray State in Kentucky. Then I want to try finishing one of my UFO's. Nancy A: rangerer@sbcglobal.net

My resolution this year is to not start new projects until I finish the current one.Not going so good as I have 5 quilts and a wall hanging in process. In my defense though, they were started last year! Except for 2 baby quilts that need to be done soon( I thought about and planned for them in Dec.).karenadd@gmail.com

My first quilty resolution this year is to finish my son's quilt. I made an appointment w/ the longarmer, so that has helped me to stay on track. Thanks for offering the giveaway. cknapp3626(at)sbcglobal(dot)net

Wow fantastic giveaways Kelly! I have a few Quilty Resolutions which I wrote out, posted, and linked up with Yvonne at Quilting JET Girl. :-) I'm working conscientiously on them. I am Canadian but I spend the winter at our home in Florida!

My resolution is to sew more, and make quilts out of the 2 already totally assembled quilt tops.Thanks for your great blog. You seem to love the same color range that I do!I am in Australia.merantaylor@yahoo.com.au

I am finishing UFO's this year and shopping my stash before looking for more fabric. So far during my stash shopping I discovered a fabric bundle I forgot I had! I want to cut it right away but I have promised myself that three UFO's must be complete before I do that. Winning fabric or receiving gift certificates would allow me new fabric. Love. I live in Northern Manitoba, Canada

My quilty resolutions this year is to quilt from my stash and limit my fabric purchases. Yeppers that's what I am telling myself. I did manage not to go to my LQS $1.00 FQ sale this past weekend. Of course we had an ice storm weekend and they were closed for 2 days. I dodged a fabric gorging this time around.

Will I be able to stand strong the next time? I am seriously gonna try but a good thing is I am sewing up some of the $1.00 FQ I bought a coupla months ago at their sale. Nothing held back, nothing sacred. All is up for cutting.

I didn't make a resolution because those are easy to break. A promise is different. So I promised myself that I would really try to complete the started and/or kitted quilts I already have.kakingsbury at verizon dot net

Thank you for the introduction to Lady Belle Fabrics, a new to me quilting shop. My resolution is to use up fabric by making quilts for charity events through my local guild. Our most recent project is bed runners for hospice. Thank you for the chance in your giveaways. clara-chandler@att.net

What a grand assortment of prizes and thanks to you and your wonderful sponsors for the giveaway. I am trying to finish one UFO a month. I have January's done. Trying to use my stash exclusively, but always love new pretties to add to it.

I'm on a fabric diet this year, mostly planning to work from my considerable stash. Exceptions are: if it's free in some way, if it's needed for a specific project, or if there's a vendor at my quilt guild (or another venue) that I feel I need to support! Other quilty plans are 3 charity quilts due between now and early June and participating in my guild's rainbow scrap challenge in a big way (we're supposed to do 2 blocks a month and I'm doing 12 blocks a month so I'll have a lot of options at the end and enough for a couple decent-sized quilts).

My resolution is to do more selfish sewing this year. Last year I got sucked into some really fun Instagram swaps. They were great, but left little sewing time for my own projects. Thank you for the giveaways, congrats on your book, and happy sewing to all!

That early bird bundle is going to be fabulous for some lucky winner! This last holiday season was pretty hectic for my etsy shop, so this year I've resolved to spend half an hour a day working on stuff for my shop, particularly when there are no orders. Now that things have slowed down, I'm even finding lots of extra time to sew for myself! Yay!

Those are some great deals. My goals this year are to do more monthly projects for me - kind of like my own block of the month where I'm the only participant. I also want to work more from my stash of fabrics. Thanks for the giveaway!

Wow, nice give away! This year I HAVE to finish my very first quilt (handquilting). I have bought some Tula Pink fabrics and want to start on a new project with these beauties ;-)) If I am a lucky winner, I am sure I can find some other beauties to match with it. Regards from Belgium,

Wow! What a great set of giveaways. I'm trying not to set hard goals this year and mostly work on whatever strikes my fancy. That being said I have a couple of deadline projects at the top of the list.

I resolve to spend less on random fabric, use what I have more, and finish up more UFOs. Pleased to say it's going well - I've finished up two smaller projects, and have three more ready to go to a longarm quilter. It feels great to have fewer half-done projects languishing. I live & quilt in Saskatchewan, Canada. annesimonot@sasktel.net

I haven't made any hard and fast resolutions but I do keep telling myself that this will be the year of the WIP! I want to get as many WIPs completed this year as possible. Thanks for the chance to win! sarah123quilt AT gmail (dot) com

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